Then, there’s the raging issue of PhilHealth remaining mired in unresolved anomalies, rightly making

Filipinos reluctant to shell out more of their hard-earned money for fear that it will just end up
bankrolling incompetence and corruption.

PhilHealth released the updated premium contribution schedule, which showed that the state health
insurer will increase its premium collection rate to 4 percent of the basic monthly salary, from the
current 3 percent, of its members. Is the contribution increase might be helpful to the Filipino’s because
as, I’ve read the article Philhealth are into allegations of rampant corruption, incompetence, and
inefficiency in PhilHealth, which was among the frontline government agencies tasked to confront and
address the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, prompted by the call of several PhilHealth officials for the
Senate’s help to “drain the swamp” or root out corruption in the blighted agency. In my opinion and as
I’ve seen during the middle of the pandemic there are issues even if the patient has a different illness
they consider it as covid patient because of the money involved.

I think 3 percent is enough and not to increase, because if the money collected by Philhealth was
handled it right and no corruption involve it will help many Filiipinos. Filipinos are still struggling with the
pandemic and are now confronted with skyrocketing prices of food and fuel. So the increase may affect
people a lot. Nowadays as I reflect many Filipino don’t want to go to the hospital because even if they
had PhilHealth it may not help them because the percentage bill coming from PhilHealth is so small. So
how come the increase surely benefits people?

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